Hawaii House Advances Bill That Regulates ‘Entire’ Cannabis Plant March 21, 2024 Tom Hymes Compliance and Regulations, Hawaii, News & Insights 0 Comments Legalized adult use in Hawaii took another step forward Tuesday when a key House committee advanced SB3335, a bill that aims to kill two cannabis birds with one stoner piece of legislation. Following a public hearing that lasted well over… Read More→
Wisconsin-based tribal group ramps up campaigns to legalize medical marijuana March 21, 2024 AggregatedNews Wisconsin 0 Comments After years of supporters failing to legalize cannabis in Wisconsin, Rob Pero is starting to unite tribal leaders in the state for a new lobbying and campaigning effort. “Wisconsin is landlocked with a hypocrisy of prohibition,” he said, referring to… Read More→
Kansas Statehouse considers medical cannabis program that would be strictest in U.S. March 20, 2024 AggregatedNews Kansas 0 Comments A bill creating what’s among the most limited medical marijuana programs in the country was introduced in the Kansas Statehouse, after several years of failed attempts at creating a program. Kansas is one of only 10 states that doesn’t have… Read More→
How LOIs Can Go Horribly Wrong March 20, 2024 AggregatedNews Legal Insights, Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Cannabis businesses often use letters of intent (LOIs) to get agreed deal terms in writing before spending time and money negotiating the definitive written contract. LOIs can be a big help, especially with a complicated… Read More→
Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma’s illegal medical marijuana market March 20, 2024 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments It seemed an unlikely spot for a showdown between Chinese gangsters: a marijuana farm on the prairie in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight,… Read More→
Will the Corporate Transparency Act Smother the Cannabis Industry? March 19, 2024 Steven Schain Policy & Legal 0 Comments Mandating “true owners’ identity disclosure” to prevent using shell companies to conceal criminal revenue, the Corporate Transparency Act creates myriad cannabis industry headaches. By Steve Schain Mandating “true owners’ identity disclosure” to prevent using shell companies to conceal criminal revenue,… Read More→
Recreational marijuana is legal in Ohio, but cities say employees can’t use it March 19, 2024 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Recreational marijuana has been legal in Ohio for more than three months, but many public employers are not changing their policies and still prohibit workers from consuming the drug in their free time. Local cities including Dayton, Beavercreek, Centerville, Fairborn,… Read More→
Marijuana, cannabis, hemp: Why Minnesota is choosing its words carefully March 19, 2024 AggregatedNews Minnesota 0 Comments When the state of Minnesota legalized adult-use cannabis last year, legislators made a subtle change to the books: they struck most mentions of “marijuana” and swapped it out for “cannabis.” Amid the slew of changes coming with legalization — expunging criminal records,… Read More→
Root & Bloom’s House of Startups March 18, 2024 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Massachusetts, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Salisbury, Massachusetts-based Root & Bloom is a locally and independently owned producer of quality cannabis products whose relatively recent entrance into a quickly maturing Massachusetts market has resulted in a string of achievements that include a steady increase in the… Read More→
New York Must Figure Out How to Fix Cannabis Mess, Hochul Orders March 18, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a review of the way New York State licenses cannabis businesses after calling the sluggish rollout of legal cannabis a “disaster.” Gov. Kathy Hochul has told New York officials to come up with a fix for… Read More→
Oregon Cannabis License Moratorium: Almost There March 18, 2024 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner of Harris Sliwoski It looks like a permanent Oregon cannabis license moratorium will finally take effect. I say “looks like” because key contingencies are still in play and, although things look promising, it could also get… Read More→
Morocco celebrates huge cannabis harvest – legally for the first time March 18, 2024 AggregatedNews Africa 0 Comments Morocco’s first legal cannabis harvest was 294 metric tons in 2023, after the country approved its cultivation and export for medicine and industrial uses, the cannabis regulator has said said. The harvest was made by 32 cooperatives that brought together 430 farmers covering 277… Read More→
Delaware weed stores will have the chance to offer ‘deli-style’ sales March 16, 2024 AggregatedNews Delaware 0 Comments When buying lunch meat from the grocery store, you usually have two options: visit the deli and get your turkey sliced to your desired weight and thickness, or grab some already packaged. That’s what advocates for marijuana users want in… Read More→
KY House approves medical marijuana bill. Critics say it creates new hurdles for patients March 14, 2024 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments New medical marijuana legislation would add more requirements for patients and allow local schools and governments to “opt-out” of the state’s cardholder program set to go live in 2025. House Bill 829 cleared the Kentucky House Tuesday and has been… Read More→
Kamala Harris will host a marijuana reform event with Fat Joe March 14, 2024 AggregatedNews Federal 1 Comment Vice President Kamala Harris will hold the administration's first public event on marijuana reform this week after President Joe Biden addressed the issue as one of his priorities in last week's State of the Union address. Harris will convene a… Read More→